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Meteorus radialis Tobias 1986

Description

Meteorus radialis Tobias

Fig. 56, 120

Meteorus radialis Tobias, 1986:341. Holotype ♀, Russia: (ZIN. St. Petersburg)—examined.

Diagnosis: The radial cell, small ocelli and long ovipositor are striking features. No other European Meteorus species has a wing venation like Meteorus radialis.

Studied material: Holotype.

Description: Size medium to small. Antennal articles 24. Head rounded behind the eyes. Ocelli very small, OOL up to 6 times OD. Eyes large, protruding and converging. Malar space 0.6 times mandible base. Mandibles stout not twisted. Face 1.4 times broader than high, not protruding but medially rugose. Clypeus protruding, with long setae and as wide as face, punctate. Precoxal sulcus very broad, punctuate, about 90% of mesopecta reticulatepunctate. Propodeum reticulate – rugose and with longitudinal and transverse carina. Petiolar tergum with dorsal pits and dorsal striate. Fore wing 4.2 times petiolar tergum. Ovipositor long, 2.3 times petiolar tergum. Hind coxae rugose. Radial cell of forewing very narrow, stigma narrow and brown.

Distribution: Kola peninsula, Russia.

Biology: Both the holotype and the paratype were caught in July in a forest. Otherwise the biology is unknown.

Notes

Published as part of Stigenberg, Julia & Ronquist, Fredrik, 2011, Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084, pp. 1-95 in Zootaxa 3084 (1) on pages 66-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5244448

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZIN
Family
Braconidae
Genus
Meteorus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Tobias
Species
radialis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Meteorus radialis Tobias, 1986 sec. Stigenberg & Ronquist, 2011

References

  • Tobias, V. I (1986) Subfamily Euphorinae. In: Medvedev, G. S. (Ed.), Keys to the insects of the European part of U. S. S. R, 3, 181 - 250. Hymenoptera, part 4: Nauka Publisher, Leningrad.